I have a question about rendering in AME and Pr. I have a timeline fo 23.976fps footage from a DSLR, now when i export this footage i set the fps as 24, but when i see the final render it shows me a timecode that goes all the way to 30fps, and when I check the properties of the video in Pr, it either shows it as 24 fps or 23.999fps. Can you give some insigt as to why it would be doing this. Thanks

can't monitor more than 2 tracks?by Paul Dougherty 4 months agoI have a sequence where I'm able to add audio tracks but can't monitor more than 2, when I check the Seq settings it says Channel format & Number of Ch is says Stereo & 2 both greyed out (can't change

Re: can't monitor more than 2 tracks?by Angelo Lorenzo 4 months agoYou're able to hear as many audio tracks as you have, the final mix buss for the sequence is just in stereo. If you, say, want 5.1 monitoring and have the hardware to monitor it properly then you woul

Bit Depth & Transcodingby Eric Klassen 4 months agoI've set up a test for a client that involves testing individual clips, comparing 8bit vs 10bit quality. I'm using Premiere CC to set up a timeline with a single clip and encoding out of Premiere usin

Splitting Large Joined Video Fileby Sam Krauser 5 months agoI'm not sure if this is the right place for this, just tell me an I'll post somewhere else. I'm a fairly amateur editor and I've just started editing a short film for a friend of mine. I'm still loggi

Re: Splitting Large Joined Video Fileby Angelo Lorenzo 5 months agoDownload Davinci Resolve Lite, bring the clip in and do scene change detection, export the result as final cut XML. Import the XML into Premiere and relink to the file. You should have cuts IIRC. Spee

Tracking Text in Premiere Pro CCby Matt Hensler 5 months agoLong time lurker, first time poster. I'm relatively new to Premiere. While I've used it since 7 off and on, it was only for simple movies with sound, simple transitions, and titles. I'm working on pro

Re: Tracking Text in Premiere Pro CCby Angelo Lorenzo 5 months agoAfter Effects, specifically a bundled application launched from an After Effects menu called Mocha. Mocha is a planar tracker so it trakcs flat planes in space; i.e. it is great for motion tracking th

Preparing audio for a DCPby Pier-Philippe Chevigny 5 months agoHi guys, I'm currently preparing to export a DCP for a 30-sec commercial to be played in theatres. It's my first time delivering material to a theatre and I'm a bit confused by their requirements. I'm

Re: Preparing audio for a DCPby Angelo Lorenzo 5 months ago Pier-Philippe Chevigny " Digital Reference Level must be at 20dBFS." Digital reference is usually "dial norm" or average level. Use audio effects special loudness radar to measure this to approximate

Renaming files on import Premiereby Roddy Babb 5 months agoI am working on shows shot on multiple canon xf305's. I need to be able to rename the clips with show abbreviation, date, camera and sequential number upon import (or at some stage before editing) For

Re: Renaming files on import Premiereby Angelo Lorenzo 5 months agoUse the "media browser" panel in Premiere. This will actively recognize the folder structure for XF, P2, AVCHD, and so on so you import the clips with the proper name and spanned properly. From the so

Dailies in Resolve 11 - audio sync painsby Angelo Lorenzo 5 months agoFor those of you who may process dailies with Resolve, lets say my timecode is off two frames. Is there any way to offset a collection of synced clips (synced by using the "Auto-Sync Audio Based On Ti

Re: selection probby Angelo Lorenzo 6 months agoI assume it's on 2 layers Make a selection of the triangle layer (control+click on layer, Win). This creates a section. Selections are layer independent. I assume you want to flip some of the text whi

Error playing H.264 files?by Eric Scott 7 months agoUsing SpeedGrade CS6 for the first time (new to video workflow) and I'm trying to work with 4K footage from my GH4. I believe its H.264. -Am I doing something wrong The files look fine elsewhere.

Re: Error playing H.264 files?by Angelo Lorenzo 6 months agoIt's a known bug - quicktime support is completely broken for 4K. In later versions I believe there is a workaround due to dynamic link support. Best thing to do is edit your footage in Premiere and e

Vintage floral photoshopsby Bur Ci 7 months agoHowdy all, I've been trying to figure out how to get my photo to resemble some of the attached rustic floral illustrations in photoshop. I have tried to destaure colors and add gradients to get them t

Hue/Saturation adjustment layer questionsby stan welks 7 months agoI'm using a Hue Saturation adjustment layer to boost the saturation of my reds, greens and yellows. 1. Does it make a difference if you boost the saturation for the Master prior to adjusting the indiv

Re: DNxHD exportby Daniel Esperanssa 7 months agoHi Angelo, Several factors can impact DNxHD MXF exports so there are a few things to check: 1 Can you playback your construct in real time 2 What is the construct resolution (no need for a 4K construc

Re: Audio Gain vs Clip Mixer ?by Angelo Lorenzo 12 months ago Jay Thomas " But if I select Audio Gain on that clip and adjust the gain by say -20db, the Clip Mixer still shows my original -7db adjustment. I interpret this to mean that the Audio Gain command is

Effects before sizingby Charles Smiley 1 year agoIn PP CS5 is it possible to put various effects (such as color correction) ahead of the default "Motion" effect I want to perform various effects before using the "scale" effect to resize video clips.

Re: Effects before sizingby Angelo Lorenzo 1 year agoApply effects, right click and nest your footage and then scale the new nested sequence that is created. Alternately, if Premiere CS5 has it then go to Effects Distort Transform, and it's the same set

After Effects Quartz Compositionsby John Mark 1 year agoIs there a render setting where I can render in "Quartz" as a graphic composition or a plugin used for Play-out from BB-TV Have a look at this ptf - http: www.ninsight.com fichiers docs bbtv BBTV_Docu

Re: After Effects Quartz Compositionsby Angelo Lorenzo 1 year agoNot quite sure I understand your question. Quartz comps used as plugins need to be created in an optimized way for that usage and then adapted with a 3rd party program. None of the After Effects nativ

RED in Speedgradeby Gina Sarentino 1 year agoI have a project in Premiere that consists of Red Epic 5k shots, now I've downscaled them to 2k and made an EDL and went to Speedgrade. In speedgrade Im not being able to relink the media, I keep gett

Re: What is AJA?by Angelo Lorenzo 1 year agoProRes output is not available natively on any Windows system, with the exception of Telestream Episode and a few other non-official programs like FFMPEG and FFMBC. I would consider exporting out a DP

Gina Sarentino 1 year agoHey Angelo I wa shoping you could help me out with a problem Im having with Speedgrade. If so Ive posted the problem in the Adobe Speedgrade forum page. Thanks

Wireless monitoring systemby Berat User 1 year agoHi, I am a DP doing a reality show. We have 5 cameras running on the set. Director wants to see all( at least 4) pictures. Is there a reliable wireless system. I have so far tried Avalon, camwave and

Re: Wireless monitoring systemby Angelo Lorenzo 1 year agoI would think, based on specs that performance between Camwave Teradek them would be similar - they're rated for about 300ft line-of-sight use. The issue that comes to mind is if the channel frequency

Sharing doc files on location.by Loretta Farrell 1 year agoI'm working on a big gloosy and I'm looking to see if there is anyway to view or share files on loction with tablets - some maybe ipads and others not. We will have 5-9 producers working on files time

Re: Sharing doc files on location.by Angelo Lorenzo 1 year agoIf you have access to the internet via location or a hotspot then use Dropbox with everyone signed into the same production specific account. It's available on desktop laptop. iOS, and android. It doe

moire in animated stillsby chris iuliano 1 year agoI am making real estate videos and when I try to animate a still I am getting a lot of moire, especially on rooftops. How do I get rid of this I am using a Canon Rebel t4i.

Blend live capture with pre-recorded?by Jon Appleyard 1 year agoHi, I'm thinking up a Halloween trick to project at a party I'm hosting and wanted to know if it's possible. What I want to do is have a live stream from a webcam showing my bedroom. The feed will be

burning for tv, mac and pcby Phillip McCordall 1 year agoHi everybody, I've just finished my first dvd, or at least thought I had. i used mpeg 2 for exporting too encore but it won't read on a pc with the standard media player, can anyone tell me what expor

Any Slider Shot Tips?by Spencer Honda 1 year agoBy tips, I mean in getting a smooth shot I mean, there's got to be some secret or tip. What I mean is, just using my hands to move the camera along the track can't be the best possible way can it I ju

Re: Any Slider Shot Tips?by Angelo Lorenzo 1 year agoSo what kind of slider Something with skateboard wheels on 1 4" tube is not the same as a solid original slider. Generally, with the cheaper sliders there is less rigidity so you can't avoid some inhe

How to make my computer more powerfulby Nick Montgomery 1 year agoI have upgraded my computer twice in the last year. And after each time, I have never felt like it was powerful enough to do the kind of work that I needed to do. It's really frustrating to never quit

Editing adviceby Kevin Dawson 1 year agoI am trying to use Premier Pro CS6 to edit a music video. I am having trouble figuring out how to create a word and then take letters out of the word and place it in the video to form a different word

Re: Editing adviceby Angelo Lorenzo 1 year agoAfter Effects. Premiere is not suited for any kind of motion graphics work and any attempt would lead to some very cumbersome workaround. -------------------- Angelo Lorenzo Need to encode ProRes on y

Re: FCP Audio mixingby Angelo Lorenzo 2 years agoCreate a new sequence and set the master audio channel to 5.1 You will now have access to 5.1 panning controls in the audio mixer. -------------------- Angelo Lorenzo Need to encode ProRes on your Win

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Hard Drives for Indie Featureby Joshua Moise 2 years agoHello out there. I'm cutting an indie feature and looking to pick the best hard drive. It'll be shot on the Red Epic and I'll be cutting on Prores LT (I think). I'm eying the Glyph 4TB GTO62 Raid, mos

Re: Hard Drives for Indie Featureby Angelo Lorenzo 2 years agoMy advice is ask your DIT. Your DIT or DUT (digital utility tech) will be the one handling footage in the field and should have the knowledge from talking to the cinematographer about what your shooti

Film Creditby Lee Vervoort 2 years agoHello to all. I am in a bit of a bind and seek advice. A documentary has been listed on IMDB. I am the person who interviewed people and narrated.(on camera) I'm not looking for fame here, but just wo

Re: Film Creditby Angelo Lorenzo 2 years agoThis would be considered a "host" credit in the United States. I can't speak for other countries but "narrator" may also be a common alternative. -------------------- Angelo Lorenzo Need to encode Pro

Mount a C300 90 degreesby Rich Rubasch 2 years agoHi all; Shooting some fashion shots on green screen and the talent will not move around much. To get the most resolution we want to mount the camera sideways and shoot in a vertical frame. Thoughts We

Speedgrade CC shortcut cheat sheetby Mathieu Marano 2 years agoAs I work more and more with Speedgrade CC, I found myself wanting to go faster and shortcuts are good for that. And since the SG help file is not that good I tought I would work on a shortcut cheat s

Re: Canon XA10 audio input levelby Angelo Lorenzo 2 years agoDoes the waveform of the resulting audio look clipped, but at a lower volume What offboard mics are you using Sounds like the diaphragms may be overloading. -------------------- Angelo Lorenzo Need to

Re: Drop Frame Timecodeby Angelo Lorenzo 2 years agoAn educated guess is that you shouldn't use drop frame EDLs with Speedgrade is two-fold: 1) Speedgrade doesn't have any options to create a dropframe timeline 2) Speedgrade is designed with a feature

Jay-Z/Samsung Magna Carta adby Justin powell 2 years agoIve been looking for some production info on this ad, just finding a scrap about it may have been an Epic and a Scarlet with Canon Cine Primes Any other details out there MacBook Pro Retina Display 2.

Re: Jay-Z/Samsung Magna Carta adby Angelo Lorenzo 2 years agoNo point in ever dissecting something too much. That said, it feels like there is a bit of diffusion on it like a Soft FX 1 or Classic Soft 1 2 -------------------- Angelo Lorenzo Need to encode ProRe

Lavender scrimsby Angelo Lorenzo 2 years agoLavender scrims, also known as 1 2 singles, came up in conversation between myself and another DP while we were browsing a grip house. He mentioned that they were popular for beauty work in the past.

Re: Lavender scrimsby Rick Wise 2 years agoIf you have the luxury to include at least one Lavender in your kit, so much the better. There are some rare times when reducing the light's intensity by 1 4 stop is just what you want. But not often.